Keyboard shortcuts
Move through mail from the keyboard. Defaults below are the current first-party bindings. Settings → Shortcuts is the live list. Some chords exist only on the macOS menu bar.
Mail shortcuts pause while you type in a field, or while a dialog is open. Command chords in the window stay with the menu. Tab stays inside Settings, the command palette, Move, and compose.
Common defaults
Section titled “Common defaults”| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| J or ↓ / → | Next message |
| K or ↑ / ← | Previous message |
| Return | Open the selected message |
| E | Done (archive). Menu also uses ⌘E |
| U | Toggle read. Menu also uses ⌘U |
| D | Pin |
| S | Snooze |
| G | Set Aside |
| I | Flag |
| ⇧1 | Mark as spam |
| C | New message. Menu also uses ⌘N |
| R | Reply all |
| ⇧R | Reply |
| F | Forward |
| ⌘⇧M | Move… |
| Delete | Delete |
| ⌘⇧Delete | Delete permanently… |
| ⌘↩ | Send (compose) |
| ⌘R | Fetch Messages |
| ⌘1…⌘5 | Inbox / Sent / Drafts / Archive / Trash |
| ⌘F | Search messages |
| ⌥⌘F | Find in message |
| ⌘K | Command palette |
| ⌘P | Print… |
| ⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z | Undo / Redo |
| ⌘, | Settings |
| / | Toggle sidebar |
⌘0 is Actual Size (zoom reset), not All Inboxes. There are no account-jump defaults on ⌘6 through ⌘9.
Settings → Shortcuts
Section titled “Settings → Shortcuts”You can remap the listed mail and composer letters (next and previous, open, reply, forward, pin, snooze, compose, and similar).
The recorder will not accept a Command chord, a modifier key alone, or a reserved arrow key. Fetch, folder jumps, print, send, and several menu-only items stay with the menu.
Menu-only chords such as Settings ⌘, and New Message ⌘N appear as a static section.
Not every on-screen control has a key.